TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



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State Board of Agriculture, 1895, v 



Keport of Secretaiy, vii 



Minutes of Executive Committee Meetings, 3 



Minutes of Special Meeting of the Board 9 



Public "Winter Meeting of the Board at Newburyport, ... 13 



Address of Welcome. By His Honor Mayor Gurney, ... 13 



Lecture: Industrial Education. By Dr. C. S. Murkland, • . 19 



Lecture : Salt Marsh Hay. By Prof. G. H. Whitcher, ... 33 

 Lecture : The Nutrition of Soil, Plant, Beast and Man. By Edward 



Atkinson, 67 



Lecture : How to keep up the Fertility of our Farms. By Prof. 



Wm. P. Brooks, 76 



Lecture : Summer and "Winter Feeding of Dairy Cows. By Prof. 



J. "W. Eobertson, 120 



Lecture : Comparison of Eastern and "Western Farming. By Prof. 



J. "W. Sanborn, 161 



Lecture: Insecticides and Fungicides, and their Practical Applica- 

 tion. By Prof. S. T. Maynard 193 



Fourth Annual Report of the Dairy Bureau 219 



Report on Extermination of the Gypsy Moth, 235 



Returns of the Societies, 273 



Minutes of the Annual Meeting, 307 



Report of Examining Committee of the Agricultural College, . . 318 



Essay : Farming as an Occupation. By Chas. E. Ward, . . . 327 



Directory of Agricultural and Similar Organizations, .... 341 



Report of State Board of Cattle Commissioners, 359 



Index, 449 



